Slippin' Into Darkness

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Slippin' Into Darkness
by Norman Partridge

About the Book:
The
clock strikes midnight. It's April 8, 1994, and twenty-four hours of terror
begin in a town on the California coast:

12:03
A.M.: In a quiet cemetery, a man throws beer bottles at his lost love's tombstone.
Graveyard baseball is the name of the game. The pitcher hasn't thrown a baseball
or a bottle since he graduated high school in 1976, but his concentration is
perfect, his control unmatched... until someone disturbs the game, and the pitcher
explodes in a violent fury.

1:12
A.M.: A secretive photographer climbs the stairs of his basement studio. Shadows
drift across the cool green felt of a pool table in his living room. A young
woman waits for him in the darkness. She is naked, her skin ghost-white, and
her cold laughter stirs memories of a terrible night in 1976.

1:38
A.M.: A wealthy thirty-five-year-old woman leaves her young lover's apartment,
thinking of the husband she plans to divorce. Outside she meets a man from her
past... a man from 1976 with a camera in his hands and a twisted blackmail scheme
in his heart.

3:31
A.M.: A battered pick-up truck bashes through the gates of an abandoned drive-in
theater. Five members of the class of '76 project an old home movie that hides
bitter secrets from the past... secrets that will forever change the future.

So
begins Slippin' Into Darkness, a wild ride of terror combining the relentless
suspense of Thomas Harris, the moody atmosphere of Twin Peaks, and the
sad longing of a Bruce Springsteen ballad. But ultimately this book is Norman
Partridge, writing with the gloves off, taking horror and suspense in a direction
all his own.

A note from the publisher:
This Cemetery Dance Publications edition features dust jacket and interior artwork
by Alan M. Clark, illustrated endpapers, plus is signed by both Norman Partridge
and Alan Clark!

Norman Partridge's fiction includes horror, suspense, and the fantastic—"sometimes all in one story" says his friend Joe Lansdale. Partridge's novels include the Jack Baddalach mysteries Saguaro Riptide and The Ten-Ounce Siesta, plus The Crow: Wicked Prayer, which was adapted for film. His novel Dark Harvest was chosen by Publishers Weekly as one of the 100 Best Books of 2006. Partridge's compact, thrill-a-minute style has been praised by Stephen King and Peter Straub, and his collections and stories have received both the Bram Stoker and IHG awards. You can find him on the web at www.normanpartridge.com and www.americanfrankenstein.blogspot.com.

Published as:
• Limited Edition of 500 signed and numbered copies ($35)